• They have won all four individual games, averaging 3.75 goals in each.

• Zulte Waregem goalkeeper Geert De Vlieger will be up against former RSC Anderlecht team-mate Celestine Babayaro in this tie. Both players represented the Brussels club in the 1995/96 and 1996/97 seasons, and were in the starting XI that lost the 1997 Belgian Cup final 4-2 to ZVC Germinal Ekeren.

• Zulte Waregem defender Frédéric Dindeleux and Newcastle striker Antoine Sibierski are former team-mates, having played together at LOSC Lille Métropole in 1993/94. Lille finished 15th in Ligue 1 that season.

• The second leg will be played on 22 February. The aggregate winners will face Fenerbahçe SK or AZ Alkmaar in the Round of 16, playing the home leg on 8 March and the away second leg the following week.

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